It isn’t that Miguel is a prude-as he famously told us on his last album, the masterpiece Kaleidoscope Dream, he “likes drugs, too,” or as he puts it on “Coffee” “The thrill of no shame, drugs, sex and polaroids”-but, as Miguel also told us, he likes love, too. They’ve produced some undeniably great songs, but that style just hasn’t been Miguel’s game so it was a little worrying to hear Wale, with his “My stroke is a scone/I let that soak in her bean” fucking up Miguel’s vibe. Those guys are making hedonistic party music that could be rap if it weren’t for the pretty singing.
The dominant strain of R&B at the moment is the LA ratchet & b of Ty Dolla $ign, Chris Brown and DJ Mustard, whose production influence has become ubiquitous. It was a perfect way for Miguel to build anticipation for his new album.īut then, a couple months ago, Miguel released a version of “Coffee” with a ham-fisted and charmless verse from the ham-fisted, charmless rapper Wale tacked on at the end.
On the EP version, the song, which sounded like an instant classic, ended abruptly in a way that made it feel like a demo.
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